In Europe, everall about 1 in 1,000 children are born with congenital inner ear anomaly. Recently, 1mm width high resolution temporal bone computed tomography reveals inner ear structures well with more than 90% sensitivity. The children with p ofound hearing loss, progressive hearing disturbance, combined anomaly, history of frequent meningitis, or known famil al history of genetic disorder, iridopathy, renal function disorder, nyctalopia, hypermetropia, arrhythmia have the possibility of syndromic genetic disorder or congenital inner ear anomaly.
This analysis, of 19 cases that have congenital inner ear anomaly in Incheon, based on the previous case review about genetic it ner ear disorder and the radiologic analysis of inner ear anomaly, is for the purpose that is discussed the genetic disorder and congenital inner ear anomaly from a vestibular point of view.
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